Show Council Approves Money For New library Fixtures I cant can't believe it I still have my fingers lingers crossed I In tale past we have never had su such h good facilities In fact tact we c weh chave h have hare rc had to beg just lust to get gel a few shelves built y I But it is true the Bountiful I city c ty Mrs Helen Gibson Gib son Davis Davis' County librarian The new city hall will have ha what the architect Richard and the council believe to be bethe bethe bethe the best in facilities During the regular council meeting held Wednesday evening ening the council voted to buy shelves stacks and fun furniture ture for the senior sen for library Cost will be It would cost an additional to have personnel a of the Remington ton Rand company set it up However However How How- ever Councilman L L. F. F Eckman said this can be done without i I 1 the extra cost Robert Hobert Young president of the thc Bountiful Ja Jaycees Jay Jay- cees volunteered muscles from his organization to help For the downstairs library forthe for lor forthe the children the council approved ed an additional purchase o of 3 3 for shelving The shelves now in the present library will also be bc used It is quite possible the fixtures may be paid for lor by residents of the area directly Councilman Eckman said There has already V been a pledge o of 1000 to 2000 with ith more pledged from a civic club Possibly school children want to contribute 10 to 15 cents too This would be good because they would feel leel it belongs be I longs to them he said I In answer to a question b by I Councilman Albert Eccles 1 r. r as to the thc number of books that willbe will willbe willbe be available Mrs Gibson said there are now books in the Bountiful library If U thc they were all allin allin allin in at one time there would not be room she said We have had to bypass buying for Bountiful because there was no room for lor more books and we wedo wedo wedo do have room to books at Kaysville However we expect to have several hundred new ones of the times of opening The upstairs rs should be about half hall full lull she estimated This is a good average for a library Giving a few ew statistics about the present library Mrs Gibson said in one day recently there were books checked out This is very high for a room this size If you Ou did not have such capable and patient library workers it could not have been done she said Some books were checked out in a week she added Can books hooks be donated to the library Yes Mrs 1 Gibson said There are arc some donations now only stipulation is that they be the kind the library can use Most donations now arc are popular adult books There are not many childr childrens ns books donated she said Anyone Anone having books may bring I them to the library where they will be checked and placed inthe inthe in inthe the library system We hope the change can be made to the new library without service even one day Mrs Gibson said The entire staff staf can help and if we can get geta a truck U this s cann be done |